That means fans of the TV series can stop hoping for familiar Power Rangers faces in the lead roles, and it's unlikely the familiar actors from Adi Shankar's (Dredd) gritty short film will pop up, either.

While the Power Rangers movie won't be as hard-hitting as Shankar's take on the property, director Dean Israelite (Project Almanac) has said it will be "mature but still playful".

Nathan Lawrence is a freelance writer from Sydney whose main exposure to Power Rangers was the Shankar short. Track him down on Twitter.